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Lebor gabála Érenn 2H(1). The death of Íth

  • prose
  • Lebor gabála Érenn
An account of the meeting between Íth mac Breogain and three kings of the Tuatha Dé Danann at Ailech Néit; and of Íth’s death in his attempt to arbritrate a dispute among the Tuatha Dé.
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prose (primary)

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Lebor gabála Érenn
Lebor gabála Érenn
id. 4019

Sources

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[ed.] [tr.] Macalister, R. A. Stewart [ed.], Lebor gabála Érenn: The book of the taking of Ireland, 5 vols, vol. 5, Irish Texts Society, 44, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, 1942.
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10–21 (§§ 378–384, Recensions A, B and C)

Secondary sources (select)

Scowcroft, R. Mark, “Leabhar Gabhála. Part I: the growth of the text”, Ériu 38 (1987): 79–140.  
113–114
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Dennis Groenewegen
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